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Religion has, however, taken a prominent place amongst the various heroes and villains in video games. The ''Breath of Fire'' series and the ''Shin Megami Tensei'' games, in particular, use a god as a main antagonist in many of its incarnations. Other games to use religion in some way include the ''Final Fantasy'' series, ''[[Left Behind: Eternal Forces]]'', ''Black and White'', ''Heaven and Hell'', ''Xenogears'', ''Okami'', and the ''Tales'' series, particularly ''Tales of Symphonia''. Unfortunately, many (not all) of the aforementioned games (And nearly any Role Playing game from East Asia) present religion (or it's respective church and followers) as evil, fake, or having ulterior and nefarious motives.  

Religion has, however, taken a prominent place amongst the various heroes and villains in video games. The ''Breath of Fire'' series and the ''Shin Megami Tensei'' games, in particular, use a god as a main antagonist in many of its incarnations. Other games to use religion in some way include the ''Final Fantasy'' series, ''[[Left Behind: Eternal Forces]]'', ''Black and White'', ''Heaven and Hell'', ''Xenogears'', ''Okami'', and the ''Tales'' series, particularly ''Tales of Symphonia''. Unfortunately, many (not all) of the aforementioned games (And nearly any Role Playing game from East Asia) present religion (or it's respective church and followers) as evil, fake, or having ulterior and nefarious motives.  

The computer game ''Civilization V'' has a religion element in its first full expansion pack that enables players to spread their civilization's culture through religion. Available religions include Christianity, Judaism, Buddhism, Islam, Taoism, Confucianism and Hinduism. This system showcases the cultural benefits of an organized religion (places of worship as community centers, for example), rather than addressing any particular matters of faith.

The computer game ''Civilization IV'' has a religion element that enables players to spread their civilization's culture through religion. ''Civilization V'' has the religion element return in its first full expansion pack. Available religions include Christianity, Judaism, Buddhism, Islam, Taoism, Confucianism and Hinduism. This system showcases the cultural benefits of an organized religion (places of worship as community centers, for example), rather than addressing any particular matters of faith.

Games may include a fictional religion as part of the setting if the use of a real religion may invite undesirable controversy.

Games may include a fictional religion as part of the setting if the use of a real religion may invite undesirable controversy.